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Complementary
Infinitives
By: John Luke DeStefano
Infinitives- to expand or to
complete verbs.
Infinitives
Natural
State of verb
Takes
place no
time in
action
a
re
e
re
e
re
i
re
Indicates
Infinitive
Singular and Plurals verbs
endings
Singular endings
Plural endings
1st Person- Ego
-o
-nos
2nd Person- Tu
-s
-vos
3rd Person-is
ea
id
-t
Ei
Eae
Ea
Ex: love
Singular
Plural
1st Person
I love
We love
2nd Person
You love
You love
3rd Person
He
They love
Loves
She
-nt
Examples
The words “Sextus vult” meaning Sextus wants doesn’t
complete the whole thought. We do not know what Sextus
wants. To complete the idea you can use this example:
• Sextus abores ascendere vult.
• Sextus wants to climb trees.
Here, vult is completed by the infinitive ascendere, which itself
takes the D.O. abores
Infinitive ending
Infinitives complete the meaning of the word vult or timet.
When they are used in this way it is called complementary
infinitive .